Storytelling is an art. It is an art that I profoundly love. Since I was a young boy, I would make stories up all the time, like a television in my head playing little movies. I was a quiet kid and I would rarely speak to anyone, so I would study how people talked and acted. As I got older I figured out that I wanted to make movies myself. I have always been attracted to the screen. Every day after I would get home from school, I would get the weathered VHS tape of Billy Madison and put it into the VCR player to watch for the millionth time that week. The way I walk, talk, and act is a reflection of what I have seen in movies. It truly became a part of me.

Storytelling is an art. I believe that I am a visual artist. Amongst all the artistic boundaries, I love to express through photography and video. All in all, a picture holds much weight. To visually tell a story and make it appealing to the eye is an incredible talent. Photographs must be aesthetically appealing, the overwatching audience soaks up the scene through their sight like a lemonade on a summer’s day.

Storytelling is an art. To be a storyteller is something larger than you may believe. Creating worlds, creating characters, and essentially creating life. Anyone with a camera can be a filmmaker, but to be an artist, a visionary, and/or a storyteller it takes more. I have a bonfire inside of me burning with inspiration and creativity, that started with a tiny spark about 17 years ago.

Storytelling is an art. Many people have told me I am a renaissance man, honestly, I have never been sure what that means. I never wanted to look into it, it is such a different compliment. It sounds so sovereign and the word “renaissance” in itself holds so much weight from its history. “A man of many talents”. I believe it to be true. I like to tell stories in many ways, mostly visually or orally. To tell a story through a photo, film, painting, book, or script is a great talent that I believe I have. Storytelling is a lost art that I would like to bring back to life.